Virgin Galactic Launches Into the New Year With January Commercial Flight
19 Diciembre 2023 - 3:05PM
Business Wire
‘Galactic 06’ Mission Launch Window Opens
January 26, 2024
Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:SPCE) today announced the
‘Galactic 06’ flight window will open January 26, 2024. This will
be the Company’s 11th spaceflight to date and will follow a year of
unprecedented human spaceflight achievements that included six
suborbital spaceflights in six months. Four private astronauts from
three different countries will journey to space on Virgin
Galactic’s sixth commercial spaceflight.
The private astronauts onboard the ‘Galactic 06’ mission will
include:
- Astronaut 023 – Private Astronaut from Ukraine and California,
United States
- Astronaut 024 – Private Astronaut from Texas, United
States
- Astronaut 025 – Private Astronaut from Austria
- Astronaut 026 – Private Astronaut from California, United
States
The Virgin Galactic crew will include:
- VSS Unity Commander CJ Sturckow and pilot Nicola Pecile
- VMS Eve Commander Michael Masucci and pilot Dan Alix
Michael Colglazier, CEO of Virgin Galactic, said: “Our inaugural
year of commercial service demonstrated our spaceflight system’s
ability to regularly deliver a safe and unparalleled customer
experience for our astronauts and established new turn time records
for reuseable human spaceflight systems. We’re excited to begin
2024 by bringing four new Virgin Galactic astronauts to space with
our ‘Galactic 06’ mission.”
Stay tuned to Virgin Galactic’s social channels for ‘Galactic
06’ mission updates.
About Virgin Galactic
Virgin Galactic is an aerospace and space travel company,
pioneering human spaceflight for private individuals and
researchers with its advanced air and space vehicles. Scale and
profitability are driven by next generation vehicles capable of
bringing humans to space at an unprecedented frequency with an
industry-leading cost structure. You can find more information at
https://www.virgingalactic.com/.
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https://www.virgingalactic.com/news/.
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